These are 66 notebooks containing his diary continuously from January 1, 1888 to July 31, 1959. The last few entries to September 4 were written up by his daughter, Mary Wright. Entries are mainly of personal and family nature, but do contain reports of his interviews with eminent people and his impressions of events during the Boer War (1899-1902), the strike of 1913, the Rand strike 1922, 2 World Wars, etc. The also show his keen interest in religion, education and the labour movement.